Some of you were asking for a step-by-step guide showing how I do my artwork. Here's a pretty basic one featuring the illustration of Jun I've been working on.

[Edit] This was done in Paint Tool SAI. I used the Pencil for the flat colours and the Brush for all of the shading. I'll go into more detail about this in the colouring tutorial. :3

Something worth pointing out is that you'll notice I made many changes throughout the course of colouring this image. It's perfectly normal to alter parts, scribble over things and roughly block out additional things. Never be afraid to play around with your artwork. :3

I hope some of you find this useful.

See below for the lineart, lineart tutorial and complete image. You can also download the full version (Warning: Huge file) to see the details of the colouring. A tutorial dealing with colouring techniques will follow shortly.

Iayaaa! Beautiful! I'm always so mesmerised by how artists... actually do it. Thanks very much - when I get a decent paint program and tablet, I'll definitely come back to this for reference in colouring!

this is great, honestly, I love the colors you pick (I suck at it, I always swim in an ocean of doubts when I have to choose my colors ç_ç damn you color theory!!! lol ); can't wait for the coloring tut, I'm dying to see your brushes sets, everything seems so smooth ;D

O_O i have an OC named Jun too! lolwell i came up with him in the first grade never got a chance to draw him cause i suck well anyways thats a smart move but just uploading it to the computer lol why didn't i think of thatSAI was to hard for me and the only paint program i really have is MS paintso how is it possible to draw using MS Paint (i know its a crappy program)your art is awesome i made a comment below but i dont think it showed (goes into emo corner)you should make more tutorials cause the ones on youtube are jsut speedpaints -_- (glares at youtube people me: YOU LIED!)

O_oi have an OC named Jun too...and the heck he looks similar to this jun LOLi thought of him in the 4th grade but never could draw him.I could never use paint toolsai either cause well my mouse sucks (seriously the mouse pad myseryiously falls!)this tutorial is awesome but looks time consumingbut i will add all your work to my favorites lolAlso did you draw the picture on paper first (it looks like it)and upload it to sai?Also i've noticedKei and Jun are popular OC names now....odd

This is a really beautiful piece, and thank you for the walk through, I'm about to tackle the biggest picture I have ever tackled before and I wanna' try blocking in the colour now, I think it'll make it a lot easier. Thanks!